2017 US Code
Title 36 - Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations
Subtitle II - Patriotic and National Organizations
Part B - Organizations
Chapter 1509 - National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
Sec. 150902 - Purposes

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Citation 36 U.S.C. § 150902 (2017)
Section Name §150902. Purposes
Section Text

The purposes of the corporation are—

(1) to collect, analyze, develop, and disseminate in the public interest information and recommendations about—

(A) protection against radiation; and

(B) radiation measurements, quantities, and units, particularly those concerned with protection against radiation;


(2) to provide a means by which organizations concerned with the scientific and related aspects of protection against radiation and of radiation quantities, units, and measurements may cooperate for effective use of their combined resources, and to stimulate the work of those organizations;

(3) to develop basic concepts about—

(A) radiation quantities, units, and measurements;

(B) the application of those concepts; and

(C) protection against radiation; and


(4) to cooperate with the International Commission on Radiological Protection, the Federal Radiation Council, the International Commission on Radiological Units and Measurements, and other national and international organizations, governmental and private, concerned with radiation quantities, units, and measurements and with protection against radiation.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1395.)

Editorial Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
150902 36:4503. July 14, 1964, Pub. L. 88–376, §3, 78 Stat. 321.

In this section, the word "objects" is omitted as unnecessary. The words "protection against radiation" are used throughout, and the words "(referred to herein as 'radiation protection')" in 36:4503(1) are omitted, for clarity and to eliminate unnecessary words.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
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Contained Within Title 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS
Subtitle II - Patriotic and National Organizations
Part B - Organizations
CHAPTER 1509 - NATIONAL COUNCIL ON RADIATION PROTECTION AND MEASUREMENTS
Sec. 150902 - Purposes
Contains section 150902
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 78 Stat. 321
112 Stat. 1395
Public Law References Public Law 88-376, Public Law 105-225
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